Kanji

失

失

lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss

Kanji

Grade

Grade 4

Strokes

5 strokes

Radical

大部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

シツ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

うしなう, うせる

Common Readings

シツ, うしな…う

Example sentences

失礼 しつれい
失礼ですが、この席は空いていますか？

Excuse me, but is this seat taken?

用 よう
急ぎの用ができたので、お先に失礼します。

Something urgent came up, so I will be leaving now.

失う うしなう
彼は職を失い、自信も失った。

He lost his job and also lost his self-confidence.

何もかも なにもかも
火事で何もかも失った。

Everything was lost in the fire.

失敗 しっぱい
失敗を恐れずに挑戦することが大切だ。

It is important to challenge yourself without being afraid of failure.

だが だが
頑張った、だが失敗した

I tried hard, but I failed.

見失う みうしなう
人混みの中で友達を見失った。

I lost sight of my friend in the crowd.

紛れる まぎれる
人混みに紛れて、友達を見失ってしまった。

I got lost in the crowd and lost sight of my friend.

気を失う きをうしなう
彼は事故の衝撃で気を失った。

He lost consciousness from the impact of the accident.

言葉を失う ことばをうしなう
事故の惨状を目の当たりにし、誰もが言葉を失った。

Witnessing the tragedy of the accident, everyone was lost for words.

Example Vocabulary

失礼

しつれい

rude; impolite; excuse me; I'm sorry

失う

うしなう

to lose; to part with

失敗

しっぱい

failure; mistake

見失う

みうしなう

to lose sight of; to miss

気を失う

きをうしなう

to lose consciousness; to faint; to pass out

言葉を失う

ことばをうしなう

to be lost for words; to be speechless

意識を失う

いしきをうしなう

to lose consciousness, to pass out

失望

しつぼう

disappointment; despair

失格

しっかく

disqualification; losing one's qualification

消失

しょうしつ

disappearance; vanishing; loss

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